The view from the Left Field Lounge at Mississippi State?s Dudy Noble Field, one of college baseball?s hot spots.

Written by

Brandon Marcello
bmarcello@clarionledger.com

This 7,200-seat grandstand, complemented with metal bleachers down the first- and third-base lines, and an unmatched atmosphere blending barbecue and baseball fandom just beyond the outfield walls at Mississippi State's Dudy Noble Field, is unlike anything in college baseball.

It makes nearly every national list as one of the best in-game experiences in the nation. The cat calls from fans in the Left Field Lounge. The smoke from the barbecue grills on flatbed trucks and trailer contraptions leaking onto the playing field, hovering over ...